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A/N: A big thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed, you guys are the absolute best! I love how this chapter turned out. Hopefully, you guys will too! Enough babbling, go and read. Enjoy & review!

Ted was finally able to go see Evie. For the last two weeks they had been talking on the phone and on Skype. Neither were doing him any justice. He wanted to be able to talk to her without a computer screen between them. He knew there was something wrong, he saw it at the hospital. However, on the phone she was able to mask it. He was there to make her feel better and to get the truth.

Another reason why Ted was excited to be away from work: her relationship with John. Everyone had found out about John and Evie. During Evie's hospital stint, a fan had seen her and John leaving together, and that got the rumors to spread even faster than before. Finally, after one more week of denying it, the loving couple finally announced their relationship. Nobody would stop talking about it. The topic sickened him. What sickened him even more was that people kept asking him if he knew. He would always say that he found out when everyone else did. Most would shrug it off, while others would continue to push him for more answers.

"John Cena and Evie James, can't say I'm surprised." Cody said a couple of days ago. "I can't say I'm surprised that you're jealous."

"Fuck off, Cody."

"You are jealous. It's a fact of life." He pointed out. "They're together and you hate it."

Ted shuddered at the conversation that he had with his young friend. He hadn't realized that he was so transparent. Had he known, he would have tried to hide his feelings for her a lot better. He hated that everyone realized his feelings for her. Right then, he decided to mask his feelings way better. Then he could throw everybody off that way.

"Oh my God, what a surprise! I didn't know that you were coming, Teddy!"

Outwardly, he groaned. He wasn't expecting Kristen to be there today. Evie never mentioned that she was coming. He felt his blood beginning to boil. This had to have been one of her ploys to get them back together, considering she had been mentioning Kristen in there conversations every so often.

"Yeah, I'm definitely surprised." Ted said not even bothering to hide his annoyance. As he walked passed her, he could feel her eyes burning a whole in him.

"Who's here?" Evie questioned from somewhere in the house.

"Teddy!"

Evie cringed as her cousin screeched out his name. She hadn't been expecting Kristen to drop by, she had invited herself over. All day she had been babbling about getting her hair done, Ted, the plan, how the nail lady messed up her manicure. Not once, did she ask how Evie was doing. From the moment she had opened the door, she regretted not checking first. Her voice was annoying, and giving Evie a pulsating headache.

"Hey Teddy!" Evie happily greeted her one time love.

"Hey Eves!" He greeted, pulling her in for a hug. "How are you doing?"

"What's wrong with her?" Kristen questioned.

"I broke my ribs in two places. Why do you think I'm home for the next two months?"

"Oh."

Ted rolled his eyes. After he broke up with her, he had gone out of his way to avoid her. While, they were going out she had been completely out of her mind. It got to the point to where Ted started wandering away from her, fighting with her just so he could be away from her. She had never gotten the hint. Finally, before he went to the WWE he ended their on and off relationship for good. It was his hope that he could see her as little as possible or not at all. He was doing good until then.

"How are you feeling, Evie?"

"I feel great. My ribs don't hurt as much anymore, I've been taking the pain killers the doctor prescribed to me. I've been catching up on sleep that I've lost. My whole body feels reenergized."

He knew she was lying. She didn't look good at all. Her eyes had dark circles around them. Her face was usually bright and vibrant, now she looked pale. Her eyes were bloodshot, suggesting she had been crying. Overall, she looked tired and exhausted mentally and physically. It also looked as if she lost some weight too. She looked the way she had described herself after her abortion, so he knew there was much more than she told everyone. Despite her claims to be relaxed and feeling good, he knew she was lying.

"Tell me the truth, are you okay?"

She wanted to shout out that she wasn't, but she didn't. He was already heartbroken over their past. Out of everything though, the abortion hurt him the most. Every now and then she would catch him staring straight through her, thinking about the baby that never was. When she saw him like that, she would instantly tear up knowing that she was the cause of that look. She knew if he knew about the miscarriage, then he would be even more heartbroken. There was always the possibility that the baby couldn't have been his, knowing that she wasn't sure who the father was or that she was even pregnant would break him in half. He had already lost one baby, he couldn't handle losing a possible other baby. She could barely handle it.

"I'm sure." She whispered.

"I'm here if you need me. I'm here until Friday." He smiled.

Both had long forgotten about Kristen. They had also forgotten that they were still holding onto each other. For now, they were in their own private world. Nobody but them existed, and neither realized that they had that strong of a bond.

Kristen watched on in annoyance. She hated their word exchange. The way that Evie was still holding onto him made her blood boil. The way Ted was looking at her, made her wanted to scream at the top of her lungs. He wasn't supposed to be holding Evie that way, he wasn't supposed to be looking at her that way. Everything in that little moment should have been hers. All the smiles, laughs, whispers, and hugs belonged to her and no one else. Ted was hers, and she would go through any lengths to prove that to him, to Evie, to everyone.

"She'll be fine." Kristen finally cut in, breaking the illusion of their imaginary world. "Evie's a big girl, she can take care of herself. Besides, she doesn't need you all that much, she has John. Speaking of him, did you ever call him back? Remember, he called while you were in the shower." Kristen reminded her dear cousin, hoping to put a damper on their mood.

Ted bit down on his tongue to keep his thoughts from spewing out of his mouth. She was still there? It amazed him that she hadn't changed at all, judging by the crazed look in her eyes and all. Her voice was bothering him and the way she rolled her eyes at them made him go insane. She didn't belong there, Ted thought to himself.

"I talked to him already, if you must know, Kris." Evie said sharply.

"Oh, I didn't know."

"Kristen, leave. You've been here long enough."

"Teddy is here now and he doesn't want me to leave." She pouted.

The whole reason she had showed up to Evie's house was because she knew Ted would eventually show up. She knew how close they had gotten over time and knew that he would drop by her house. She knew Evie was injured, and she really didn't care, so she played it off like she knew nothing. Truthfully, she had over heard Evie telling Paul that Ted would be at her house. When she heard that, she decided to drop by. Her whole day had been wasted doing practically nothing, and now that Ted was here, she wanted her to leave. In Kristen's mind, that wasn't happening.

"No, actually, I do want you to leave." Ted said looking over at his ex-girlfriend. Now that he was looking at her, he began to wonder why he was with her for so long or why he even went out with her at all.

Kristen glared in their direction and then turned on her heal to get her purse out of Evie's office. The whole way there she kept muttering curses to herself. Who did they think they were? They couldn't throw her out like that. She was Kristen and no one ever dared to disrespect her like that.

When she was gone, Ted looked down at his one time girlfriend, and possibly only love. The annoyance was clearly written on her face, and he had to laugh at that. It was always cute when something bothered her, and he was glad that never changed about her.

"I'm sorry about that, I didn't know that she was coming." Evie ignored his laughter. "I would have called, but every time I picked up my phone, she was right there asking who I was texting or who I was calling."

"So, you didn't know that she was going to show up?"

"Not at all."

"Oh thank God, I thought you were trying to get me back together with her." His voice annoyed, but his face full of fear. The last thing he needed was that psycho in his life again.

"No, I would never do that." Evie replied, but mentally added, 'Not anymore at least.'

Meanwhile, Kristen was finally in the office. She had just picked up her purse and was about to walk away when something caught her eye. Shrugging to herself, she picked up the item and skimmed through it. An evil smirk crossed her face as a completely new idea had come to mind. She knew exactly what she was going to do. Folding up the papers, she stuffed them in her purse, and left her cousin's house without so much as saying goodbye.

Ted sighed in relief when he heard the front door slam. She was finally gone, he felt like he could breath. Him and Evie could relax and talk without having to change, ignore, or code anything. Slowly, he leaned further into the couch and wrapped an arm around Evie's shoulders.

"I'm glad she's gone."

"Me too, I thought she'd never leave." Evie unintentionally leaned into his embrace. Her head lowered onto his chest. Neither realized it, so they just went on with their conversation. "I always wondered why you ended things with her for good, but now you don't need to explain it, I can see why on my own."

Ted lightly chuckled, he was glad she finally knew why, but a part of him wanted to explain it to her. He wanted her to understand why he was with her to begin with. In his mind, he felt like she had the right to know. She was a big part of his life and he didn't want to hide anything from her because of that.

"I broke up with her because she was crazy." Ted started out with. "It got to the point to where she was talking about us getting married, and having kids. She knew the number of kids that we would have and what their names would be. We would have four kids, two of each. I don't remember the names, nor do I care. It's sick that I remember the number. Anyway, whenever she would talk about marriage and kids, I could never picture her there. I tried to, but it didn't feel right, it still doesn't, and it never will."

"Ted, every girl has the number of kids they want planned out, that's normal."

"Did you have the number of kids you wanted planned out?"

"I see your point." Evie said after thinking about if for a moment of two.

"Anyway, that's besides that point. She just went completely crazy. Wait, let me rephrase that, even crazier than before. Whenever I went out, she wanted to know where I was going, who I was with, and what I was going to be doing. It's like she was trying to keep me on a leash. Then, when I first got my cell phone, she kept calling me at all hours wanting updates. The girl literally wanted me to call every hour just so that she could keep tabs on me."

"Did you ever do any of that?"

"Hell no, what am I twelve? I didn't have to run anything by her. Because of that we were always getting into fights. At that point, I really didn't care. I would break up with her and she'd be heartbroken. She'd break up with and she'd be heartbroken. Then, she'd call me, begging me to take her back."

"Did you?"

"Always. I was stupid enough to believe that she would change." Ted replied. "To be honest Eves, for the remainder of our relationship, I cheated on her. It was the only way that I could get through it. The only way that I could look at her without going crazy was to cheat."

"Ted, did you ever cheat on me when were together?" Evie had never asked him, but since he brought it up, she figured that now was her only chance to ask him. If he was able to cheat on Kristen, then he could have just as easily cheated on her. "You can tell me the truth, I won't get mad. It's all in the past."

"No, I didn't."

"You can be honest, you don't have to lie."

"I'm not lying Eves, I didn't cheat on you."

"Then how come you cheated on her?"

"Because I never loved her. I tricked myself into thinking that I did, but thinking about it now, she never really mattered to me."

"What are you trying to say?"

"I loved you when we were together."

"Now?"

"Now, I love you as a friend. What we had together will always mean something to me. That will never go away. Evie, you're always going to be a big part of my life." He was partially lying. He did still love her, but she was with John now, and he didn't want to complicate things.

"Anyway, what led you to breaking up with her?" Evie asked, trying to ignore the sudden pain in her heart. She didn't know why it was there, and she didn't want it there. Ted was only in her life as a friend, she had John now. It was John she belonged with. John was who she wanted to be with, she kept thinking to herself.

"Finally, the WWE called me up to their main roster and I was excited for many reasons. All my hard work paid off. I was finally going to work with the company my dad worked for, I would do my best to make myself a legend. That's my main reason. However, a tiny part of me was elated when I realized I could definitely make a permanent break from Kristen. I told her that our relationship wouldn't work out due to me being on the road constantly and that neither one of us could handle a long distance relationship. Naturally, I told her that we should see other people. She said she'd wait until I was done wrestling, and I told her that I was going to find someone else. It sounds harsh, but that was the only way I could get her to see that we were done forever. Of course, she cried and cursed me out, and then she ran off. I didn't bother to make contact with her since. She was always calling me, begging for us to get back together, but I just ignored her. I don't want her in my life."

"I really don't blame you, Butthead." Evie said after a long silence. "Why did you date her for so long if you didn't want to be with her?"

"I don't really know, to be honest. I guess it was my subconscious's way of staying tied to you."

"As it turns out, you really didn't need her after all."

"You're right, I didn't."

A comfortable silence fell between them. Each of them stared off into space, thinking about what once was and what could have been. Both were thinking about the baby, and wondered what could have been had they stayed to together, and had she not aborted.

"Teddy, do you ever think of what could have been?"

"Everyday. You?"

"Me too. Not a day goes by where I don't wonder."

Ted sighed as he thought about everything. Had things worked out differently, then Evie would be his wife. They would be surrounded by however many kids they decided to have. He would be happy, and so would she. That was no doubt what he thought about everyday. It's what he wanted. However, the longer she was with John, the further it slipped away.

"Are you sure everything is okay, Evie?" Ted asked again. "I feel like you're not telling me something"

Her miscarriage had been on her mind since she left the hospital two weeks ago. Nobody knew anything, and she preferred to keep it that way. If anyone knew, then they would be in her face, asking her a million and one questions. Some part of her didn't want that. While, another part of her wanted to tell somebody, anybody, just so that she wouldn't be the only one. There were a few dozen times when she almost picked up the phone to call someone, but then she would quickly change her mind and put the phone down.

"I'm fine, Butthead. Believe me, I'm just fine."

Truthfully, she wasn't fine. Over the last two weeks, she hadn't eaten. Her sleep schedule was horrible. Every night, she would close her eyes only to have them snap open again. The image of an innocent baby crying for help haunted her, thus keeping her from sleeping. She didn't know what to do. Her mind had always wandered to the list Dr. Morgan had given her, but she couldn't bring herself to call any of the numbers. She didn't feel comfortable talking to a complete stranger. So, she ultimately decided to not tell anyone, if she could help it.

"Please, just tell me the truth." Ted pleaded. "I look at you, and I see that you've been through hell over the last two weeks. Evie, I know there is a lot more bothering you than your ribs. I'm not stupid, I wasn't born yesterday."

"It's nothing, I swear Ted."

"Is it John? Are you two fighting or something?" He questioned, trying to get to the bottom of everything. "I just want to know if you're okay."

"No, it has nothing to do with John. I promise." She said. "Everything is going well between us. Really Teddy, it's nothing. I'm fine."

"Evie-"

"No, really, I'm okay." She picked her head up from his chest to look him the eyes. "I'll be 110 percent by the time I hit the road again. Before you know it, I'll be my old self."

Ted only nodded. He knew he wouldn't get much out of her, not right then. All he had to do was give it a few more days, and then maybe she'd say more. Sighing, he decided to change the subject.

"How is everything with Cena?"

"Everything is great." She smiled. "He's been amazing through all of this. When I was released from the hospital, he came home with me. The only thing that sucked about it was that he could only stay one day, and no longer, but it felt great to have him there with me."

"I bet it was." He said distantly, suddenly regretting the subject of Cena.

"Don't worry, you'll find somebody one day." Evie reassured him. "Just not Psycho Barbie."

"Psycho Barbie?"

"Yeah, Kristen." She laughed. "Oh come on, we were both thinking it. She's pretty, but she's psycho."

"The day that I end up with her will be the day that hell freezes over."

Evie laughed. "You know, I just realized something."

"What?"

"No matter what, you're always going to be stuck with her."

"Oh God, please don't say that." Ted pleaded. "I don't want that."

"I don't mean like that. God willing you don't end up with her. May God help the poor unfortunate soul that does end up with her. But you did go out with her on and off for the longest time, she's always going to be a part of you." She laughed.

"Can you stop laughing?"

"Okay, okay, I'll try."

She tried her hardest to keep from laughing. To give her credit, she did last for a minute before she started laughing at the 'Psycho Barbie' nickname her cousin had now been branded with.

"Now what? I don't think this is funny." Ted said, trying to fight a smile. He was glad that she was laughing genuinely for the first time all day.

"The fact that she is going to be around isn't funny. I'm just laughing at the stupid name I gave her."

"You're stupid."

"You're retarded."

Evie caught the look on his face, slowly, she got up from the couch and crossed to the other side of the living room. Her eyes locked with his when he got up from the couch.

"What did you call me?"

"Lovely?"

"No, I don't think that was the word." He slowly advanced towards her. "Repeat it, I won't get mad."

"Smart?"

"No."

"Retarded?"

"That would be the one." He ran towards her.

She knew what was coming and started to run away from him. However, she didn't get that far before he caught her. His arms lightly wrapped around her waist, taking her rib injury into consideration. A smile was on her face and laughter was coming from her mouth. Ted was happy knowing that she had forgotten about whatever was bothering her only for a moment because of him.

"Take it back." He said tickling her.

"No!" She got between fits of laughter.

Evie tried to get away from him, but couldn't because of all the laughing. At one point, she was almost successful, but again she failed miserably. This time, she caused them to fall. Ted's back hit the floor and she landed on him. His arms lightly wrapping around her so that he can keep her balanced on him.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

They stayed like that, looking at each other. Slowly, they leaned in closer to each, their lips were just about to touch when there was a sudden knock at the door. Startled, they snapped their heads back, but stayed in the position they were in, too afraid to move.

//

"Hello I'm Kristen James," she said using her mother's maiden name. "I'm a family member of Evelyn James. I was just wondering how serious her condition was."

She listened carefully as the doctor explained everything to her. A smile growing on her face with each passing word. As the doctor continued to speak, she realized that she didn't need Evie anymore. She now had a whole new plan all her own. With this plan, she would be able to get exactly what she wanted because she was Kristen and she was never denied.

A/N: Hmm, whatever does she have planned?